The earliest maps were simple representations of the landscape
of ‘home’ scratched on to clay tablets. Several thousand years
later, powerful satellites allow highly accurate maps to be made
by anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection.
The basic purposes of the map remain the same, however: to
allow people to find their way from one point to another and to
describe the features of a place.

Map literacy is an important skill and there is more than
one way to read a map. Ireland from Maps introduces
basic mapping concepts and terminology as well as
exploring the subtext behind some of the most well known
maps of Ireland.

Although the exhibition has broad appeal, it is of particular
interest to primary and second-level students and has
been specially written with them in mind.